I don’t use social media at all. All of it seems braggy to me, sorry. And it changes your travel experience to be frequently thinking “here’s a nice image to post on social media”. You can’t really be in the moment if that is your mindset. Try doing a trip without taking any photos and see how different that feels.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a photographer and frequent international traveler. I only post on social media ~10 times a year total, but they are all travel albums. Each album is about 50 postcard quality photos of city and nature adventures that are accessible to any middle class traveler. I don't post pictures of fancy resorts or first class airplane cabins.

I've found out about a lot of interesting, obscure destinations from other friends posting.

I'd rather see the first class cabin!

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Anonymous wrote:Actually I loved those slide shows as a kid, it was the only way I would get to see other places!

I'm ok with the social media pictures as as adult, as long as people don't post tons of pics every single day.

Did your local library not have a subscription to National Geographic?

Seeing someone you know somewhere is much more intimate. And aspirational! I know I'll never visit the place in National Geographic, but the castle Aunt Larla visited in Belgium? Maybe.

Aim higher!

Eh, I'm a realist.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a photographer and frequent international traveler. I only post on social media ~10 times a year total, but they are all travel albums. Each album is about 50 postcard quality photos of city and nature adventures that are accessible to any middle class traveler. I don't post pictures of fancy resorts or first class airplane cabins.

I've found out about a lot of interesting, obscure destinations from other friends posting.

Ugh.

Look clearly we all have our own tastes. But this is simply way more interesting to look at than what most people post, which are their kids’ mundane “achievements” and stuff like “6 am barre… not my best but I’ll take it!”

No it’s not. And everyone claims to be a “photographer” these days. No one wants to see your mediocre pictures and trips.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a photographer and frequent international traveler. I only post on social media ~10 times a year total, but they are all travel albums. Each album is about 50 postcard quality photos of city and nature adventures that are accessible to any middle class traveler. I don't post pictures of fancy resorts or first class airplane cabins.

I've found out about a lot of interesting, obscure destinations from other friends posting.

Ugh.

Look clearly we all have our own tastes. But this is simply way more interesting to look at than what most people post, which are their kids’ mundane “achievements” and stuff like “6 am barre… not my best but I’ll take it!”

Anonymous wrote:I'm a photographer and frequent international traveler. I only post on social media ~10 times a year total, but they are all travel albums. Each album is about 50 postcard quality photos of city and nature adventures that are accessible to any middle class traveler. I don't post pictures of fancy resorts or first class airplane cabins.

I've found out about a lot of interesting, obscure destinations from other friends posting.

Ugh.

I'm a photographer and frequent international traveler. I only post on social media ~10 times a year total, but they are all travel albums. Each album is about 50 postcard quality photos of city and nature adventures that are accessible to any middle class traveler. I don't post pictures of fancy resorts or first class airplane cabins.

I've found out about a lot of interesting, obscure destinations from other friends posting.

Anonymous wrote:I pick 4-6 pictures of the trip when it’s over and post. I don’t write a lot about the trip or gush over the details. My elderly aunts and my grandma always comment with their thanks. I’m sure that 85% of my contacts don’t care or scroll on by. I’m posting it for the 15% that are interested.

+1 I usually only post if it was a 'special' trip - birthday, anniversary etc. Even then I just post a few of my favorite ones and leave it at that. I don't feel a need to post every single picture and every single meal etc. I know outside of my close family and friends, very few people GAF. I also travel a lot due to my line of work so its just a normal part of my life so I don't feel a need to broadcast or humble brag about what I'm doing at all times.

I like seeing other peoples travels pics though. No I'm probably not going to browse through 50 pics but I'll check a few out if its from someplace interesting.

Yes, I do for some trips but not all. I do not post multiple times from the same trip. My social media is private and it is a way to share with family who are spread out across the world. I love seeing other people's travel photos (even just random IG accounts) and even more so from people I know. What I really don't understand is why people care about this. As far as I know, no one has ever been hurt by people posting travel photos to their social media accounts. Why do people insist on telling other people how they should use social media or mock them for how the use it? I think that actually says more about the people passing judgment than the person posting harmless photos. Live and let live.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually I loved those slide shows as a kid, it was the only way I would get to see other places!

I'm ok with the social media pictures as as adult, as long as people don't post tons of pics every single day.

Did your local library not have a subscription to National Geographic?

Seeing someone you know somewhere is much more intimate. And aspirational! I know I'll never visit the place in National Geographic, but the castle Aunt Larla visited in Belgium? Maybe.

Aim higher!

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Anonymous wrote:Actually I loved those slide shows as a kid, it was the only way I would get to see other places!

I'm ok with the social media pictures as as adult, as long as people don't post tons of pics every single day.

Did your local library not have a subscription to National Geographic?

Seeing someone you know somewhere is much more intimate. And aspirational! I know I'll never visit the place in National Geographic, but the castle Aunt Larla visited in Belgium? Maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:I love seeing photos from friends. I do post photos on social media.

I have to admit that watching Bling Ring on how people robbed Paris Hilton's house based on social media postings made me feel more tentative about posting photos. But I only post on Facebook.

I know this bothers some and makes them jealous. But they can block me if they don't want to see it.

I love seeing photos from places I'll never make it to. So fun.

Jealous? No. But posting travel photos on social media can make you a mockery.

Wow. You sound mean. I don't mock my friends.

You are receiving yourself. We all do that. But I will plaster on a smile when I see you in the car pool line and chuckle under my breath about your trip to the Amalfi Coast or USVI or wherever. And I’m not alone.

This is really unhinged behavior.

If someone posts a couple stories or photos of a trip, I enjoy seeing their adventures and feel happy for the person. Like a different PP said, it sometimes gives me good ideas for future trips and it's an easy conversation starter the next time you see the person. If they post an album a day, I scroll on by and don't go through it - but I can't imagine laughing at someone for sharing a trip.

It's patently obvious that pp has a serious character defect.

Nah. A serious character defect is expecting others to care about our trips. It’s called narcissism, and clearly you (and the other travel instagrammers on here) have it.

Anonymous wrote:I only want to see them if they include an incredibly unique experience. Like a locally famous food that can only be obtained at one restaurant on the entire island and reservations need to be made a year in advance... document the crap out of that! Let me know what that orange foam tastes like. But photos of you, hubby, and the kids huddled in a booth at Hard Rock Cafe in Mytrle Beach? I'm good.

Same goes for photos of fireworks on the 4th of July. You should only post those photos if you happened to also capture a UFO flying by at the same time. Otherwise, we've all seen fireworks.

Also, your feet at the beach or hotel pool. Don’t do that.

Anonymous wrote:I only want to see them if they include an incredibly unique experience. Like a locally famous food that can only be obtained at one restaurant on the entire island and reservations need to be made a year in advance... document the crap out of that! Let me know what that orange foam tastes like. But photos of you, hubby, and the kids huddled in a booth at Hard Rock Cafe in Mytrle Beach? I'm good.

Same goes for photos of fireworks on the 4th of July. You should only post those photos if you happened to also capture a UFO flying by at the same time. Otherwise, we've all seen fireworks.

It depends on the quality, IMO. Over the top professional - I'm not interested. Same with a blurry cell phone pic. But somewhere in between, that makes me sit and say, "Wow, that's a great photo, I had no idea she could take something like that?" Yeah, show me all the fireworks pics.

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Anonymous wrote:I love seeing photos from friends. I do post photos on social media.

I have to admit that watching Bling Ring on how people robbed Paris Hilton's house based on social media postings made me feel more tentative about posting photos. But I only post on Facebook.

I know this bothers some and makes them jealous. But they can block me if they don't want to see it.

I love seeing photos from places I'll never make it to. So fun.

Jealous? No. But posting travel photos on social media can make you a mockery.

Wow. You sound mean. I don't mock my friends.

You are receiving yourself. We all do that. But I will plaster on a smile when I see you in the car pool line and chuckle under my breath about your trip to the Amalfi Coast or USVI or wherever. And I’m not alone.

This is really unhinged behavior.

If someone posts a couple stories or photos of a trip, I enjoy seeing their adventures and feel happy for the person. Like a different PP said, it sometimes gives me good ideas for future trips and it's an easy conversation starter the next time you see the person. If they post an album a day, I scroll on by and don't go through it - but I can't imagine laughing at someone for sharing a trip.

It's patently obvious that pp has a serious character defect.